Search Eastham Unit Records Online
Jail Name:
Eastham Unit
Jail Type:
State Prison
State:
Texas
County:
HOUSTON
City:
Lovelady
Source:
Wikipedia
Description:
Eastham Unit (EA) is a Texas Department of Criminal Justice prison for men, located in unincorporated Houston County, Texas GPS Coordinates 30.978106, -95.632274.[1] The 12,789 acres (5,176 ha) prison is located at the dead end of Farm to Market Road 230,[2] near Lovelady and 13 miles (21 km) west of Trinity.[1] Eastham, nicknamed "the Ham," is 40 miles (64 km) up the Trinity River from the Polunsky Unit in West Livingston,[2] and it is about one-third of the distance between Polunsky and the Christina Crain Unit (formerly Gatesville Unit) in Gatesville. Robert Perkinson, author of Texas Tough: The Rise of America's Prison Empire, said that while the TDCJ and other agencies operate many types of prisons and jails in Texas, "if any unit stands for the rest," it would be Eastham.[3] In 1972 prisoners at Eastham filed a class action law suit against the Texas Department of Corrections and won. In 1979 the court found conditions of imprisonment within the TDC prison system constituted cruel and unusual punishment in violation of the United States Constitution. While there were many names included in the lawsuit, David Ruiz was the first name listed and that is how the case was titled
Opened:
1917
Security Class:
G1-G4, Administrative Segregation, Outside Trusty, Transient
Source URL:
Address:
2665 Prison Road #1
Zip Code:
75851
Location:
Thirteen miles west of Trinity on FM 230 in Houston County
Employees:
583
Phone 1:
936-636-7321 **009
Imate Gender:
Male Offenders
Capacity:
Unit: 2153; Trusty Camp: 321
Judicial District:
Lovelady, TX
Inmate Mail 1:
Inmate Name, ID Number Eastham Unit 2665 Prison Road #1 Lovelady, TX 75851
Notable Inmates:
Clyde Barrow - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clyde_Barrow
2665 Prison Road #1, 75851, Lovelady, Texas
Visiting Saturday:
8am-5pm
Visiting Sunday:
8am-5pm
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